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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Communications in the War on Terror

Guest:
Victoria Clarkeformer chief spokesperson for the Defense DepartmentIn the days after September 11, as the United States military
prepared for war, the leaders of the communications efforts at the
White House, Department of Defense and State Department were all
women. Did gender impact the way they communicated? What are the
implications of labeling our actions against Al Qaeda a “war?” Has
the use of religious language (jihadist, Islamic extremists,
Islamists) hurt or helped our cause? How do the billion plus
Muslims across the world hear those terms? How should a country
that believes in the separation of church and state handle the
religious nature of the terrorists’ beliefs?